Sunday, July 29, 2007

Foot Fetishists Need Not Apply

A warning was posted earlier this week on a Ravelry discussion board regarding certain perved out foot fetishists on Flickr who have been, shall we say, enjoying all the lovely pics of the lady feet festooned with socks and sandals. I have to say that it gave me a chuckle. I mean now that I think of it, it seems so obvious--OF COURSE those shots of Jaywalkers-in-wedge-sandals are kinky to the max and worthy of libidinal investment! As it turns out we sock knitters have been unwittingly giving those Flickr foot enthusiasts the time of their lives. And since I subscribe to the 'if you're not hurting anybody/breaking any laws/corrupting minors', well, I guess I don't have a huge problem with it. But then again since I know that my Clydesdalesque clodhoppers aren't personally implicated in this affair, who am I to say?More SocksMy FO of the day is another pair of Thujas. This whole worsted-weight-socks-on-large needles things has been a real gas, but I think I'm putting this pattern away for the time being. I've enjoyed it but it's time to move on.Specs:Pattern: Thuja from Knitty, Winter 05Yarn: Artyarns Supermerino #107 , two skeinsNeedles; size 6 addi turboMods: Picot bind-off that to my mind looks semi-dorkyContest Results:I enjoyed the entries for the contest. Not only did I read some interesting anecdotes about gratitude and luck, I got to find out about several killer blogs that I had never seen before. Thank you all! According to the random number generator, i.e. Peeper-lou picking from a hat, fresh from her vacation in Ireland and Morocco, the winner of the Phildar mags is Teabird and the Bearfoot goes to Rosina! Two new faces round these parts, congrats to you both.

Tour de France roundup:Sadly my project is doa. Let's just say that the Canal du Midi sock project never really got off the ground due to indecision and poor strategy. But this KAL was certainly one of the best ever--thanks Meg and Debby!

34 comments:

I got a good chuckle out of the foot fetishist warning. My husband jokes that, between my size 11 feet and long red hair, I could make a mint on the internet without ever taking off my clothes! Two birds with one stone, I guess. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss your "Clydesdalesqe clodhoppers." There seems to be a fetish for everyone.

cracking up about the foot fetish..i actually got an obscene foot fetish caller when i worked at united airlines doing reservations. I wasn't allowed to hangup on him, he was kind of funny! I had never thought of that though with the "sock porn" pics!

The color of those Thuja socks is beautiful, and semi-dorky or not, I love the looks of the picot bind-off! I mean, dorky can be good!As far as foot fetishists go, I subscribe to your attitude about it. It seems harmless enough.

Yes, I am also a loser on the TdF circuit :) We are in good company, it seems. Nice work on the Thujas! Your lovely pairs are making me give this pattern a second look. I have a kid pair on 1s and Breeze on 2s, and suddenly the whole worsted-on-big-needle thing sounds appealing... BTW, I wonder what the throngs of foot people who have been quietly enjoying the pix will say to the jerk who blew their cover... Maybe, "Put a sock in it?" hehe.

I love those socks and I am still a huge fan of heavier weight socks on larger needles. It's kind of sad because I will see gorgeous sock yarn and put it back because it calls for size 0 or 1 needles. Also I refuse to get bi-focals which may explain everything! The foot thing KIND OF CREEPED ME OUT--this from a woman who put a picture of her cleavage on her blog because she was excited about her new bra but I digress--there is a way around it. After you upload your photos to Flickr and from there, upload them to Ravelry, go back into Flickr and change your privacy settings. They will still show up on Ravelry but no one can see them on Flikr anymore.

LMAO. Yes, I knew it was only a matter of time before this conversation started. I love that the normally sedate world of knitting socks is now a hotbed of perverted desire.... Now, where is my bag of Wollmeise????

And Sweetheart, how on earth did you expect to finish Canal Du Midi when you have like a gazillion projects going. It's like the spinning plates variety hour. *sounds of smashing china*

That is SOOOO funny on the Flickr sock/foot fetishists...yeah, they're probably having a field day! I've thought about this before (but not about socks) as I've gotten some "interesting" comments on a few of my pictures posted on Flickr in the past...